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Thomas Macrae.

Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Cask and Still | News | Whisky
Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

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For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
Ewan McCuish.

Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

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Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
Jane Dodd during an interview about flapper skate for Countryfile with Hamza Yassin.

Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

News | Wildlife & Conservation
Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
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Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital

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‘This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again,’ Alexander...
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Life With a horologist: ‘In watchmaking you can’t cut corners or learn things overnight, it takes time’

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Laings watchmaker Annika Leppala on following in her grandfather's footsteps as a horologist, learning the art of patience in a world full of immediacy and...

Balmoral Estate among wildlife award winners

News | Wildlife & Conservation
THE Queen's Balmoral Estate is among seven recipients of Wildlife Estates Scotland (WES) accreditation. The international award recognises the estates' and farms' ongoing work in...
All images © Sandy Young Photography The GWCT Scottish Game Fair 2022 at Scone Palace, Perthshire. Day two (Saturday) of The GWCT Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace in Perthshire. The annual event, which is the largest and longest-running game fair in Scotland, is an important fundraiser for the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust - charity that conducts research into vulnerable species such as capercaillie and salmon. PICTURED Roxanne Blather of Elite Falconry in Fife with a 6 year old Martial Eagle called Pebbles. Web: www.scottishphotographer.com Blog: sandyyoungphotography.wordpress.com Mail: sandy@scottishphotographer.com Tel: 07970 268944 ***Credit should read Sandy Young/scottishphotographer.com***

Enjoy these photos from the Scottish Game Fair

News | Outdoors
MORE than 32,000 people attended the Scottish Game Fair at Scone Palace near over the weekend, according to figures released by the three-day event's organiser....

Land reform proposals spark ‘recognition’ call

News | Outdoors
SCOTTISH Land & Estates has called on the Scottish Government to recognise the contribution that private landowners make to rural areas after ministers published their...
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Jousting sells out at Linlithgow Peel

Culture | News
LINLITHGOW Peel hosted its first jousting tournament over the weekend since the start of the pandemic. Organiser Historic Environment Scotland (HES) all of its tickets...

Why do authors use pen names?

Books | News
THE reasons why writers use pen names is the theme for a new exhibition at the National Library of Scotland. "Pen Names" opens at the...

Malachy Tallack launches fishing book

Books | News
AUTHOR Malachy Tallack will launch his fishing book, Illuminated by Water, at Portobello bookshop on Thursday. Tallack - who is also a novelist, travel writer,...
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